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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-14
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PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Lady Colin Campbell has become a regular
contributor to The Saturday Review.
General A. w. Greedy, Chief OF the Signal
Service Bureau, has sailed for Europe.
Ferdinand Ward, running printing press
up at Sing Sing has sent specimens of his
work to old Wall street acquaintance.
Lord Ely is one of the few Irish landlords
who get anything from their estates He
draws 100000 year from his tenants with
little trouble.
Katkoff the great Russian editor, was of
plebeian origin and had hard fight to win
his position in the face of the proud aristoc-
racy of Russia. His father was panamar
or saeristan of the Moscow cathedral and
the future power behind the throne was
contemptu0usly called "Panamarviteh" by
his fellow students at the university.
Several attempts have been made to alb
duct little May Drummond. daughter of the
English nobleman who died in poverty in
Brooklyn several months ago. The child is
an heiress, though her grandfather, the old
duke, has refused to recognize Der mother.
A few weeks ago the Duchess of Northum-
berland offered to adopt the child providing
That the mother would waive all legal rights
to her, which Lady Drummond declined to
do.
Residents in the vicinity of Oakland, Illi-
nois, have abundant opportunity to point
out the Hon. Lyman Trumbull to visiting
friends He is to be seen nearly every sum-
mer afternoon working among the old-fash-
Toned flower beds of the garden surrounding
his plain house on Lake avenue. His broth
er and sons live around him. The ex-Sena-
tor bears his years we'll. His face is no
more wrinkled than when, 10 years ago, it
was subject for the pencil of Mast. He
lives quietly, going into society very little.
He is supposed to be out of politics. The
newspapers rarely ask him for his views.
But passengers on the suburban trains no.
tice that when occasionally some acquaint-
ance approaches his seat with bit of politi-
cal information to convey his eye lights up.
He rides home on the train every day for
lunch, returning to his Office by 2:30. His
law practice is enormous. 1t is said to be
worth $4,000 year. There are, it is said,
not half dozen lawyers in the West who
command fees so large, especially upon cor
DOrati0n law
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-14

the surface of the grapes attacked with mil
dew and of those attacked by black rot until
the violet stage in the latter commences !;
and this confusion of the initial states of the
two maladies without question involves a Sc
Tious complication of the difficulties of the
situation. On the vine leaves the ph0ma
makes the little tawny spots which were
originally noted at Ganges, and the tiny
black dots are receptacles Of spores. 1t is a
ed by these fungoid maladies that their pow
ers of reproduction are so tremendous that
the escape of a single leaf or handful of
tendrils is quite enough to make the destrue-
ton Of whole vineyard useless. On one
dark violet grape there is generative dust
enough, under favorable circumstances, to
blast Whole department in single season.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-14
SCRATCHED 2S YEARS.
Scaly, Itching, Skin Disease with End
less Suffering, Cured by Cuti-
cura Remedies.

II had known of the CUTICURA REMEDIES
Lwenty-elght years ago it would have saved me
$4,000 ltwo hundred dollars) and an immense
menced on my head in spot not larger than a
cent. 1tlspread rapidly all over my body and got
under my nails. The scales would drop off of me
without relief. One thousand dollars would not
tempt me TO have this disease over again. am a
poor man. but feel rich to be relieved Of what some
of the doctors said was leprosy, some ring worm
psoriasis, etc. took -. and -. Sarsaparillas
over oneyear and half, but no cure. cannot
praise the CUTICURA REMEDIES too much. They
nave made my skin as clear and free from scales
as baby's. All used of them was three boxes
OF CUTIcURA and three bottles of CUTICURA RE.
SOLVENT, and two cakes of CUTICURA SOAP. II
you mad been here and said you would have cured
me for $4,000 you would have had the money.
looked like the picture in your book OF Psoriasis
lPlcture number two How toCure Skin Diseases
Through force OF habit rub my hands over my
arms and legs to scratch once in while but to no
purpose. / am all well. scratched twenty-eight
years, and 1t got to be kind of second nature to
me. thank you thousand times. Anything
more that you:want to know write ME, or any one
VINO reads this may write to me- and will answer
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L AM Humors, use CUTICURA SOAP.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-14

During the past three months the debt of
the Dominion has increased over $1,000, 900
and this in time of profound peace and
without extraordinary expenditure except to
maintain the fishery protective fleet. If
this increase, or considerable part of it,
represents the expenditure for that purpose
the Dominion is paying pretty high fol
mackerel.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-14

The Nashua Telegraph, edited by Hon. o.
c. Moore, member of the New Hampshire
Legislature, asserts that the attempt to bride
Senator Sawyer is not the only attempt of the
kind that has been made since the railroad
fight has been pending. 1t declares that
There is at least one other member of the
Senate and member of the House who can
discount Senator Sawyer in an exposure Of
attempted bribery" This is pretty seri-
GUS charge and would seem to call for some
notice from the Legislature. Indeed, it is
not possible to see how it can be overlooked
Its not mere rumor, not irresponsible
talk, but the calm and deliberate assertion
OF newspaper edited by one of the men,
bers of the Legislature.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-14

Rev. Sam Small says down in Georgia they
give man fine of $500 for the first offence
against the prohibitory law and for the Sec
ond twelve months in Jail, and, he added,
''they soon learn to respect the law" In
Maine man gets Imprisonment for the first
offence. Yet Gen. Dow thinks the penalties
do not disturb the law breakers. Evidently
If Gen. Dow is right and the Rev. Sam Small
is not wrong the Maine rumseller is made of
sterner stuff than his Georgia brother
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-14

The Boston Globe thinks 1t will not do to
rule the Hon. Samuel j. Randall out Of the
party. Mr. Randall, it reminds the free
traders, has good many votes behind him
which it would be Improbable to lose next
year. The Democracy can be trusted to
give this consideration due weight.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-14

The Massachusetts Democratic committee
who are devoting their time to smelling out
Republicans who have been retained in Fed
eral offices can put it to much better use in
smelling out candidate for their party for
governor this fall. Somebody willing to pay
very high for nothing is required.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-14

Mr.. Henry Georges anti-poverty agitation
is abolishing his own poverty if nobody
else's. The reputation which it has given
him has doomed his books immensely, and
he is now said to be five times better off than
when he began the agitation. There seems
to be danger that he may become "bloated
monopolist' before he gets through. There
is campaign before him, however, which
may have very depressing effect upon his
Min
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-14
THE PRESS
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. IA.

we do not read anonymous letters and commu-
hleations. The name and address of the writer
are ~ all eases Indispensable. not necessarily Tor
publication but as a guarantee of good failh.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-14

According to the Boston Globe the pay of
McNeally, who ran away with the funds of
the Saco and Biddeford Savings institution,
was 50 a week. Doubtless the bank thought
they were getting a good deal for their
money. But cheap things are generally the
dearest in the end, and this case proved no
exception to the rule.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-14

The rumselers on the Kennebec seem to
be web-footed as well as full of the wiles of
GnAn
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-14

odium that he might incur in the South on
that account could be blown away by the
praises of his Confederate war record.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-14
CURRENT COMMENT
MUGwUMP DISSATISFACTION.


While new designs Of postage stamps are
under study 1t is to be hoped that the more
important consideration of reducing the size
OF all our stamps may receive attention. In
the matter of size the United States stamps
are out of line with the rest of tine world, be-
ing more than one-fourth part larger in total
surface than those of foreign countries. This
excessive size of our stamps is often incon-
venient, as in the case Of long address on q
small envelope, and in all cases causes I'M
necessary DETACHMENT. Everybody is famil-
lar with the superior neatneSS in appearance
of foreign letters, which, in part, is caused
by less aggressive designs on the post stamps
than those used in the United States, but
chiefly by the more modest size adopted by
all governments except our own.
THE ANTI-PovERTY SCHEME SUCCESS.
[Springfeld Republican,
Henry George and DR.. McGlynn have been
remarkably successful in abolishing poverty
from their own lives, il we may believe the
New York Commercial Advertiser. This pa.
per says that George, who a year ago was
worth less than $4,000, now possesses some
$4,000. lie has pretty house on Pleasant
avenue ana lives quite in the style of his
book since he ran for mayor has yielded him
from $4,000 to $4,000, and his paper, the
Standard, also pays well. He is charged with
being as close-isted as the average miser
DIR. McGlynn's hotel expenses are 500 .
month, and his pockets always appear to be
filled with cash. He gives dinners once OF
twice week to a united labor party OF
friends. He is more free in spending his
money, often in deeds of charity, than Mr.
George Still these two men sit on the anti.
poverty platform each Sunday and watch the
hat go round picking up the pennies from
the attendant poor. Now they want $50, 900
for the ir political canvass. The Anti-Pover-
ty society will have to raise 1t. How much
will George and McGlynn subscribe?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-14

August 10Th was cloudy day in Asia as
well as Europe, and the extensive prepare
tions that were made to observe the total
eclipse were productive of even less results
than attended the watchings of the European
astronomers. At Shirakawa, where the
United States expedition, under Professor
Todd. was located, the result was most I'M
satisfactory. Twenty minutes after the
eclipse began the sun was hidden by the
clouds, and remained hidden during the to-
tai eclipse. 1t was like dark night, and the
face of man standing at distance of three
or four feet could not be seen. The astron-
omers of the world had awaited this event
with anticipations of most important discov-
cries; few clouds spoiled it ALL
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-14

Mr.. Powderly, it seems, is not going to re-
sign at the Minneapolis convention, but in
tends to serve to the end of his term-or one
year longer. Meanwhile he is going to de-
vote his energy and that of his organization,
II he can get its consent, to the work of in
ducing Congress to place the railroads and
telegraph lines under government mt man
agement, and to establish postal saw
ings banks. Mr. Powderly will not be the
pioneer in these movements however. A bill
to establish postal telegraph was intro
duced into Congress years ago, and the pos
tai savings bank scheme is not new one.
There is good deal to be said in favor of
both Of them, and if Mr.. Powderly and the
Knights will occupy their time in saying it
they will at least have the satisfaction of
knowing that they are spending it to much
better advantage than in engineering strikes
and bOycotts
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-14

The Georgia Legislature, out of Difference
to Northern opinion, has been amending the
Glenn bill. Finally the bill has been report
ed from committee in less barbarous. but
In an otherwise hardly less Objectionable
form. The penalty of the chain gang is re-
moved, but penalty which seems outra-
geously severe for the offense of the per.on
who shall get an education in a school omen
to both white and colored pupil, is
still prescribed. The bill in its modi-
ned form provides that il any in
stitution supported wholly or in part by the
State shall receive both white and colored
pupils the States aid shall be Immediately
withdrawn; also that no person educated at
an institution receiving both white and col
ored pupils shall be eligible as a teacher in
the public schools. The bill in this form can
be little less Objectionable to Northern SEN
timent than in its old form; but there is said
to be probability of its passage for two
reasons. Colonel Glenn and his fre-eating
supporters want to see it go through for the
sake Of principle; Governor Gordon, it is
whispered, wants IL to pass that he may veto
IT, Ihis would indicate that Governor Cor
don has his eye on wider political field than
the state Of Georgia. Perhaps he would ac-
cept the second place on the National Demo-
cratic TICKET The veto of the Glenn bill
would help him in the North wbila onv
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-14

Andrew ID. White, late President of Cor
nell University and ex-Minister to Germany,
has hit the nail on the head in describing
the relations Of the Democratic and Republi-
can parties towards civil service reform.
1.-THE Democratic party in the last twenty
five years" he says, ''has gradually accumu-
lated in its ranks all the reactionary ele-
ments Of our population. They can have no
sympathy with civil service reform, nor in
deed, any reform. No enlightened citizen
can expect anything from them in that direc-
tlon or from their party, as they are in the
majority and control its course" 1t is for
this reason that President Cleveland in one
way strengthens himself the more the worse
he performs. Since his open abandonment
of his so-called civil service reform policy
his strength with the rank and file of his
party has noticeably increased. Even here
in Maine, where the professions were never
practiced, the. citation of the Democrats is
noticeable at having their banquet at last
unclouded by administrative sanctimony.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-15
Cold BIOoded Murder.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 14.-Charles
Cole and Jacob StOner are farmers near
New Washington, Clark county, Ind.
They had always been warm friends
until last Saturday, when they traded
mules and Cole got the worst of the bar
gain. Late yesterday AFTERNOON Stoner
was passing the residence of Cole and
stopped to speak to one of the family.
Fhe latter called to Stoner. The visitor
went inside the barn with Cole, and in
about two minutes one of the farm hands
heard an agoniZed scream from that
direction. Hurrying to the barn he saw
Cole coming out of the door with his
hands covered with blood. He did not
look up as the farm hand passed him,
and mounting horse. rode away at a
gallop. Hurrying to the barn the fam
lily found Stoner lying upon the floor.
His skull had been horribly crushed
with an AK, and the doctor Immediately
pronounced the case hopeless. A score
of farmers have been securing the coun-
try all day looking for the assassin, but
as yet have not found him. He will be
lynched if found.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-15
The Gettysburg Ceremonies.

GETTYSBURG, Pa, Sept. 1.-THE
nineteen Ohio monuments were dedi-
Gated this morning with exercises both
impressive and appropriate. At 10
o'clock the dedication began at the rOs-
trum in the National cemetery. The
programme was in substance as follows:
Prayer by Rev. William E. Moore, DID,,
Of Columbus; address, 'Ohio Troops in
the Battle of Gettysburg" by Gen. IL.
II. Akin, adjutant general of Ohio; adj
dress, 1.-The Memorial Commission at Its
Work." by Hon. Emil Kiesewetter,
state auditor of Ohio: address, 1.-The
presentation of the Ohio memorials
to the governor of that state" by Gen.
James f. Robinson, secretary of the
state of Ohio; response, the presenta-
tion of the memorials to the Battlefield
Memorial association, by Gov. Foraker; :;
response ON behalf of the association by
Gov. Beaver; memorial address by Gen.
S. H. Hurst. of Chillicothe; benediction
by Rev. w. E. Moore, ID. ID. The adj
dresses of Cows. Foraker and Beaver
were received with great applause.
Gov. Foraker and the Fourteenth regi-
ment left tonight to attend the consti-
tutiOnal centennial in Philadelphia.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-15
IN CHICAGO.
How the News Was Received
The Condemned Men.

CHICAGO, Sept. 14.-The first official
information that reached this city was
telegram from the court clerk at Ottawa
to the state attorneys office here, say
ing: Anarchist cases affirmed; exc
cution Nov. H." Mr.. Purcell, of the
state attorneys office, ran at once to the
Jail with the dispatch. Following on
his heels was messenger carrying a
telegram for August Spies that he had
been sentenced at Ottawa, The turn
key, who took the dispatch to cell 25
and showed it throught the bars, fingered
moment to watch the effect it would
have OH Spies. The anarchist took the
message, glanced firmly at the turnkey
and then withdrew to the darker end of
the cell. In two minutes or so he called
gently to the old man who sits as death
watch outside his barred door, and
asked him to hand the yellow telegraph
sheet to Parsons. From him it Went to
all the others, and last reached Neebe.
who is only under sentence of imprison-
ment. Newspaper men had been rigor-
ously shut out from the condemned men
and all observations had to be taken
from the outside of the cage, about ten
yards from the cell door. 1t could be
dimly seen that each of the condemned
men made ostentatious efforts at cool
ness and bravado. They took seats at
their cell doors and read newspapers
and books and smoked cigars Their
WIVES AND FRIENDS
had been with them for an hour during
the morning, but about thirty minutes
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-15
A Case ofJeaIousv

LONDON, Sept. 14.-For some time
there has not been the best feeling be-
tween the French and Italian people.
And while the French journals do not
hesitate to publish facts and statements
derogatory to its sister nation, they are
fully met by the Italian press. More
over, it is claimed by the French author.
tiles that pamphlets i'll the Italian
tongue, not traceable to any publisher,
have been circulated quite industriously
on the frontier. The pamphlets expand
upon the weak points of the French
government and attributed the feeling
in France against Italy to jealousy. The
French government has asked the Ital-
ian government to take steps toward
suppreSsing the pamphlets. There is
no doubt but that there is some ground
for these statements in the pamphlets,
because France would gladly welcome
anything which would lessen Italy's
growing influence in Asia and Africa.
French journals have not stopped at
abusing Italy. but have been CONTRAST
ing the relative strength of their armies.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-15
PENSIONS.
Important Recommendations by
Commissioners Black.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.-Gen. John
c. Black, commissioner of pensions, in
his annual report to the secretary of the
interior makes the following important
suggestions:
minor children entitled to pensions is made
quate for their support, and should be in
creased to So per month.
Second-That the act of June 16, 1880, be
so amended as to permit the benefits of the
act to be extended to those who, subsequent
to the date of its approval, from aggravation
of their malady may have become helpless.
Third-That the existing law that u widow S
The dav OH which she files her application
should be amended to allow the commence
ment of the pension to date from the death
of the husband, the other conditions required
by the law being present.
Fourth-That section 4.7lS of the revised
statutes be SO amended as to prohibit the
payment of more than one pension to the
same person.
Fifth-That the law requiring pension to
be granted according TO the rank of the
claimant at the time the injury was received
should be amended so that the rank subse-
quently acquired bona fide may be consid-
cred by the commissioner i'll determining the
amount of pension to be allowed.
Sixth-That the present rate for deafness
should be increased by law to $50 per month
for total deafness, with intermediate grades
to be determined according to the degree of
disability.
Sevenih-That discretion should be lodged
in the commissioner in correcting discrep-
ancieS in rates of pension for loss of limbs, or
congress should be asked to establish table
of rates for loss of limbs.
Eighth-That the law be amended so that
the commissioner shall be authorized to pay
the pension to the wife of pensioner, or to
a suitable person on behalf of his children,
when the habits of the pensioner show him
tf. bOD Sfrrf IN-a drSlNr
the pension.
Ninth--That an appropriation of S13, 900
be made to defray the expenses of additional
necessary pension agencies.
Tenth-That an additional clerical force
be allowed to enable the commissioner, with
out making extra demands upon the clerks
now in service, to complete and satisfy the
Mexican cloims, of which 5000 have been
allowed by the passage of the act.
The report shows that there were at
the close of the year 100000 pensioners.
There were added to the rolls during
sioners and the names of 2,707 whose
pensions had been previously dropped
were restored to the rolls.
During the same period the
names of 17,677 pensioners were
dropped from the rolls. The ag-
gregate annual value of all pensions is
S52, 1868. The amount paid for PEN
sions during the year was $73, 465, ,5Sl, an
increase in amount over the previous
year of S9,669,s5O. The amount paid to
44,019 new pensioners during the year
upon first payment was $25, 166, $40. Dur
ing the year 1914 original certificates
were issued. a greater number than was
ever before issued by the bureau in any
one year. The estimates for the fiscal
year ending June so, 1888, aggregate
SS9.045, ,24O. The appropriation fer the
fiscal year was S1S, sol ,250.